Job Opportunities for the 2011 season

The following positions will be available again for the 2011 season. Please contact us by phone at 256-403-3413 or email us at mail@tastefulgarden.com if you are interested in working for us in 2011!

Office/Customer Service/Order Entry (this position has been filled for the 2010 season)

We are looking for the right person to help our customers by cheerfully answering the phone and helping them place orders through our computer system. Helping to manage orders through the shipping process and answering customer help questions along the way. The ideal candidate will be comfortable with using the Internet and be a good speller as well as an accurate typist.

A friendly helpful attitude and sales oriented individual with some basic experience with vegetable gardening is a plus. Position runs from Feb. 1^st through May.

Greenhouse workers--Packing and Shipping (several positions available)

(this position has been filled for the 2010 season)

These positions will spend time Mondays and Tues. wrapping and packing plants, Weds. and Thurs.in the greenhouses transplanting plants, and pulling orders on Fridays. Attention to detail is most important as well as a great attitude and good work ethic. We have fun even though we work hard and lunch is provided daily. Some positions will be full time, 5 days per week and others will be part time, 2-3 days per week, during our season of Feb. 1^st-June 8^th. Working hours are generally 9-4pm with packing days sometimes extending to 5:30-6pm. Hours can be flexible for part time employees although Mondays and Tuesdays are full 8-hour days.

Shipping operator

(this position has been filled for the 2010 season)

This position will be the primary computer operator in charge of generating shipping labels and packing slips for boxes shipped on Mondays and Tuesdays from March 1^st-June 15^th. This person must be fast and proficient with computers, especially the internet, as well as being very detail oriented and able to lift boxes up to 25 lbs. Office and Greenhouse work is available to make this position full time 5 days a week.

General Greenhouse/Packing Helper

(this position has been filled for the 2010 season)

This job is a general labor position and calls for a hard worker that can lift 50 lbs, help unload trucks, run equipment such as soil mixers, rotary tiller and weed eater. This person also will help with transplanting, moving plants and keeping things organized and clean in the greenhouses as well as helping with wrapping plants and packing.